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No. 435,053. Patented Aug. Z6, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

REUBEN T. BREWER, OF VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOHENRY F. BAKER, OF SAME PLACE.

CURTAIN-POLE FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,053, dated August26, 1890.

Application filed May '7, 1890. Serial No. 350,857. (No modeld To allwhom t may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN T. BREWER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, has invented certain new and useful Improvements inCurtain-Pole Fixtures; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements incurtain-pole sockets, and has for its object to provide a device of thisdescription which shall, instead of being adapted for permanentattachment to the casing of a door orwwindow, so that the pole y may beinserted therein and removed therefrom, as is usual in polesockets, beattached to and movable with the pole, the permanent and immovableelement of the completed iixture consisting of studs or similar smallfastenings driven into the casing.

An object of my invention, furthermore, is to render the pole readilyattachable and detachable or adjustable to various heights, and also torender the fastening as inconspicuous as possible; and with these endsin view my invention consists in the details of construction hereinafterset `forth, and then recited in the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention appertainsmay fully understand how to make and use my improvement, I will describethe same in detail, reterence being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification,

Figure l is a perspective showing a curtainrod supported in position bymeans of my device; Fig. 2, a detail perspective of the socket, showingthe position of the stud or pin therein; Fig. 3, a vertical sectionshowing a pole pro vided with sockets and supported as in Fig. 2, andFig. et a modified form of socket.

Like numerals denote the same parts in all the figures.

l is the rod or pole adapted to support a our tain or portire by meansof any suitable con nection, as the rings 2. The ends of the rod arePreferably shouldered, as seen at 3, to aon commodate the socket, whichconsists of a drawn or otherwise formed metallic cap 4. of somewhatgreater depth than the length of Athe shouldered portion of the rod, asshown at Fig. 3. VThe end of this cap or socket is slotted, as seen at5, and its periphery is provided with an enlarged opening 6, connectingwith the slot 5, said lopening being of sufficient size to admit thehead of the stud or other 6o fastening which is secured to the casing. Aplurality of these studs (numbered 7) are shown in Fig. l.

In applying my improved socket to a pole, the latter, with the socketsarranged upon it, as shown at Fig. 3, should be of such length as toenter easily between the faces of the casing; but it is preferable thatthere should be no waste space. In attaching the rod the openings 6,which should correspond in po- 7o sition in each socket,'should beplaced over the heads of the studs 7, whereby the shanked portions ofsaid studs may slide in the slots 5 in the socket.

`There are several ways of preventing the accidental'detachment of therod by the withdrawal of the studs; but I have thought it sufiicient toexhibit two only, since these will serve to illustrate. In Fig. 2 I makethe slot 5 substantially in the form of a right angle, 8o the stud beingadapted to rest at the upper end of the slot and to be detachedtherefrom by first raising the rod and then pushing the same inward. InFig. 4. I employ a straight slot, which, however, extends more than halflS5 the diameter of the end of the socket, so that l the rod hangs bythe studs engaging the end of said slot. To detach a rod provided withsockets thus constructed said rod may be raised, or it may be turnedabout ninety de- 9o grecs and then moved horizontally until thestud-head passes. outward lthrough the peripheral opening 6. T

In this my invention I do not wish to be confined to the preciseconstruction shown in the drawings, since many minor changes notinvolving mechanical skill may be made therein without departing fromthe essential principle thereof.

I claim 1. A pole-socket, as described, the samehaving a slot in thehead thereof, and a pe- Ico ripheral opening connecting With said slot7substantially as described.

2.' The combination, with a curtain-pole and with studs affixed to thecasing of a door or Window, of a socket. adapted to fit over the end ofthe pole and provided with a slot in theend Wall thereof adapted tocontain the stud-shank, and provided also with an opening in itsperiphery and forming an extension of the slot, whereby the stud may enter the latter, substantially as specified.

3. The herein-described Socket, consisting of the cup-shaped metal shellhaving the rectangular slot 5 and the peripheral opening 6, Connectedwith Said rectangular slot, sub- Stantially as and for thepurpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

REUBEN T BREWER. Witnesses:

SANFORD PRooToR, GEO. H. MUNsoN.

